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Friday, August 19, 2016

My interview with Zeinab Badawi for BBC HARDtalk

Zeinab Badawi speaks to Ismail Sezgin, director of the Centre for Hizmet Studies in the UK, an educational think tank founded by supporters of Fethullah Gulen. The Turkish government is continuing to hunt down people who it claims are followers of the reclusive US-based Turkish cleric. The government blames Gulen for the recent coup attempt and wants the US to extradite him to Turkey to stand trial. He denies involvement. Is the Gulenist movement a threat to the Turkish state?

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About Me

Ismail Mesut Sezgin is currently a PhD researcher at the Institute for Spirituality, Religion and Public Life in Leeds Beckett University. Having completed his Bachelor’s degree in Political Science at Marmara University in Istanbul, Sezgin is now carrying out research on religion and society relations. His PhD thesis is titled "Theory of Moral Responsibility in the Writings of Fethullah Gülen". His research interests include Ethics, Islam, Sufism, Political Islam and Turkish Politics. He has delivered seminars and reflections on these issues at an international level.